Puppet Master

Let Us Help You

Why? Why is this happening? What did I do wrong? I get that vigilantism is illegal but I am still helping people. What did I do to deserve this? I can't go through that again! I need to run. What would that do? He'll just catch me again. He knows my quirk. He'll use it against me. HE KNOWS! Now he is telling everyone else. They ALL know.

Izuku glanced up from his position on the chair in the police station. Eraser was talking with the front desk who obviously didn't care. No one cared enough in the red lights about actually taking in criminals. Izuku couldn't hear what they were talking about. Everything muddled in his mind. Just as he thought colors were popping back, everything turned back to the blacks and greys that his mind viewed the world through.

I know how this is going to go. They will use me and torture me just like Inko. Then they will tell Inko. Inko will come back and lock me up forever to never see the light of day again and to betorturedbymyquirkforeverwhytheheckwasIbornlikethiswiththisquirkwhyinthisworldatthistimeinthisplaceIdon'twanttobeheretakemenowkillmesomeonehelp!
"-id, bre- athe-"
Threat.
"Yo- -eed to brea- e."
Threat!
"Kid-"
THREAT! Izuku thrust his hands forward, moving for the first time he was taken in, and they came into contact with something, rather, someone. Izuku felt his eye twitch. He was standing. Huh? When did I stand? He looked down at the floor where there was a man dressed in all black with a white scarf on the floor. THREAT!
The man started to stand. Izuku could feel his vision tilt. Black spots sparked in his line of sight obstructing clear view. Izuku stumbled, swaying back and forth. Can't breathe. Breath. Need to breathe. Can't. Does it matter? Not really. Just let go.
The figure was trying to say something. Izuku looked him up and down.
!THREATTHREATTHREATTHREATTHREATTHREATTHEATTHREATTHREATTHREAT!
Just let go.
...
Okay...

Izuku fell forward, the world going black.

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Shouta was quick to catch the kid. He just dropped like a ragdoll!
Shouta was talking with the annoying officer at the front desk who was the prime example of why the red light district had gotten so bad and when he turned around, Golden Whip who was previously unresponsive was hyperventilating again.
Shouta sighed. He gently picked up the child again. It was then he noticed the dislocated shoulder. He vividly remembered the snapping of the strings. The jolt probably dislocated it. Shouta repositioned Golden Whip into a hopefully more comfortable position before leaving the police station. Shouta was taking him to a police station in a better part of town that would actually care about the disturbed child. When the police car pulled up, Shouta got in the back, gently laying Golden Whip down in the back, letting the greenettes head rest on his legs.

It was about a forty-five-minute drive out of the red light district. Shouta didn't realize how far into it they were. Upon arriving, Golden Whip was laid a back room to continue resting while Shouta went over the case with Detective Tsukauchi.
They both turned mid-conversation to the sound of the vigilante waking up. Both tensed in anticipation. Like clockwork, Golden Whip shot up in a panic that only worsened when he took notice of the handcuffs slapped on his wrists. Shouta got up. Golden Whip turned to him with wild eyes. Being able to actually see the kid's whole face showed Shouta just how much of a child this vigilante truly was. He watched the green eyes dull upon seeing Shouta which was disturbing, to say the least.

"O- oh..." Golden Whip whispered. "I- it's not a d- dream..." Shouta's chest hurt. The stutter and soft voice were so different than the confident one that Shouta had become so accustomed to when the two worked together. Shouta gave the best smile he could. "I'm afraid not. We need you to answer some questions for us. Can you do that?" There was no response other than a slight nod. Shouta showed Golden Whip to the seat next to his and they sat across from Detective Tsukauchi who took over.